ကောန်စဴ

Mon

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete) ကွေန်စဴ (kwen cau)[1]

Etymology

ကောန် (kon, “child”) +‎ စဴ (cau, “grandchild”). Compare Khmer កូនចៅ (kouncaw), Vietnamese con cháu.

Pronunciation
  • (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA(key): /kon cao/[2]

Noun

ကောန်စဴ (kon cau)

  1. grandchild, great-nephew[3]
    Synonym: စဴ (cau)
  2. (Pak Kret District) offspring, progeny[2]

(Nouns)

References
  1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 35, 37, 174
  3. อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary] (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 17
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